Dhīra Lalitā Dāsī (Durgā Dāsī) born in 1950 became a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda in June 1973 in Paris, France. She was instructed to paint for the movement which she took up as a service with the BBT for many years and continues to this day for various publications on Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Due to her initial correspondence with Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahāraja in 1992, Narasiṅgha Mahārāja came to the USA and inspired many householders to move to South India and establish an aśrama there with him. Currently she resides in the Rupanuga Bhajan Ashram in Vṛndāvana.